11 August 2015. On 26 October 2016, which would have been his 75th birthday, the square in front of Arena North, in Frederikshavn, was named the Harald Nielsens Plads in his honor. On 9 July 2018 an 8+ foot tall statue of Harald Nielsen in his youth was unveiled on his square, which is the largest statue of a footballer in Denmark. A prize is now given out each year called “Årets Guld-Harald” in his honor. Career statistics Honours Bologna Mitropa Cup (Coupe Centrale D'Europe): 1961–62; runner-up 1962–63 Italian Serie A Championship: 1963–64 Denmark Olympic Silver Medal: Rome 1960 Individual Årets Fund (Oldest Danish Sports Prize): 1959 Danish Championship – Topscorer in the Tournament: 1960 (19 goals) Topscorer in the Olympic Football Tournament: Rome 1960 (6 goals) First Danish Player of the Year: 1961 Mitropa Cup Topscorer in the Tournament: 1961–62, 1962–63 Serie A – Capocannoniere (Topscorer in the tournament): 1962–63 (21 goals), 1963–64 (19 goals) Cavaliere/Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic: 1992 Sportens Ridderkors: 2002 Nettuno d'oro: 2004 Honorary President Rebild National Park Society: 2007 First Honorary Member of F.C. Copenhagen: 2007 Danish Football Hall of Fame: 2010 Protektor F.C. Copenhagen Legends Club: 2014 Films Far til fire med fuld musik, Denmark, 1961 References Literature Joakim Jakobsen, "Guld-Harald: Topscorer, Idol, Rebel", Denmark, 2009, AA.VV. L’enciclopedia dei cento anni: 1909–2009 Bologna football club il secolo rossoblu, Bologna, Minerva Edizioni, 2009 John Lindskog, "Kaerlighed A/S – Historien om Guld-Harald og Rudi": Denmark, 2007, Fabrizio Calzia – Francesco Caremani, "Angeli e Diavoli RossoBlu", Italy, 2003 External links 1960erne.dk profile 1941 births 2015 deaths People from Frederikshavn Danish men's footballers Denmark international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Frederikshavn fI players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Inter Milan players A.C. Milan players S.S.C. Napoli players U.C. Sampdoria players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark F.C. Copenhagen non-playing staff Serie A players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Association football forwards Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region